Huge losses suffered as fire guts Alaba market in Lagos

Huge losses suffered as fire guts Alaba market in Lagos

Goods worth millions of naira were destroyed on Friday in a fire that razed many stalls at the popular Alaba International Market, Lagos.

The fire reportedly started in the morning from a shop housing gas cylinders before spreading to other parts of the market.

Some traders that first saw the fire were said to have adopted self-help methods to put it out.

It also learnt that some angry mobs prevented fire emergency responders from accessing the scene to extinguish the fire.

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The Lagos State Fire and Rescue Services, which confirmed the incident, said efforts were being taken to put out the fire.

“Report reaching Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service indicates shanties at the popular Alaba International Market, Ojo, Lagos, are on fire.

“However, fire crew from Ojo, Sari-Iganmu and Ajegunle are being turned back by angry mobs from performing their statutory duty but presently on standby,” the agency’s director, Margaret Adeseye, said in a situation report on Friday.

“The agency is consequently collaborating with Security agents to address it,” she added.

Huge losses suffered as fire guts Alaba market in Lagos